Colorado marijuana sales: Long lines for smooth rollout of legal business (+video)

On Jan. 1, Colorado becomes the first state in the nation to permit the sale and use of marijuana for recreational purposes.

Here's what it looks like inside a recreational marijuana shop.

DENVER, COLORADO — The world's first state-licensed marijuana retailers legally permitted to sell pot for recreational use to the general public opened for business in Colorado on Wednesday with long lines of customers, marking a new chapter in 

As the first light of 2014 hit the Rocky Mountains, buyers formed long lines in blustery Colorado weather to participate in the first legal sales of recreational marijuana in the United States. Skip to next paragraph. Fabien Tepper. Staff writer

The high times in Colorado are coming with high costs for cannabis consumers. Hemp hunters who waited for hours early Wednesday to be among the first to legally purchase marijuana from state retailers found sticker shock